The sooner people like Bismark stop willy waving and present a united front for the greater Joint good, the better for us, and the worse for our friends in the Treasury.
MM,
What a delight to see your balanced view. But sadly this is not reality, particularly from our brethren in light blue. Having attended many air power conferences over the years any attempt to show balance by CAS and his team by covering the full gamut of air power, including land and sea based, is sadly lacking. Even in this 90th year of the RAF there is no recognition (bar opening statements re the amalgamation of the RFC and RNAS in 1918) that they had responsibility for both disciplines from 1918 until 1939 (FAA) and 1918 - 1947 (Army).
The CVF is a
Defence capability, not just an RN one, and no one would be more delighted than me to see joint arguement in its favour, but this is not happening - apart from people like you and a few others.
Aviation is Joint, not the rightful preserve of just one Service. It is not me that needs to grow up but those that argue that the RAF is the only Service that "does air".
Bis